“…it means you. You will be one of the main inheritors of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and the Naqshbandi Way. You will be among of the high ranking Awliya of the time and you will carry on the legacy of this Tariqa, this is your position, and what the dream means…”

Following this, Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin asked Shaykh Adnan the meaning of the Prophetic hadith, in his understanding, which explicitly states, “Man kuntu Mawla, fa ‘Aliyun Mawla” (For whomsoever I am a Master, ‘Ali is his Master), and how this hadith applies to the rank and merit attributed to the first of the Rashidun Caliphs; Abu Bakr al-Siddiq? Shaykh Adnan replied, “It is correct (authentic) and means Sayyidina ‘Ali is the external Master for all believers, while Sayyidina Abu Bakr is the spiritual Master…”